French opera at the fin de siècle : Wagnerism, nationalism, and style

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French opera at the fin de siècle : Wagnerism, nationalism, and style

Steven Huebner

Oxford University Press, 1999

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 506-514) and index

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Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780195189544

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This is the first book-length study of the rich operatic repertory written and performed in France during the last two decades of the nineteenth century. Steven Huebner gives an accessible and colourful account of such operatic favourites as Manon and Wether by Massenet, Louise by Charpentier, and lesser-known gems such as Chabrier's Le Roi malgre lui and Chausson's Le Roi Arthus.
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: hbk ISBN 9780198162803

Description

This is the first book-length study of the rich operatic repertory written and performed in France during the last two decades of the nineteenth century. Steven Huebner gives an accessible and colourful account of such operatic favourites as Manon and Werther by Massenet, Louise by Charpentier, and lesser-known gems such as Chabrier's Le Roi malgre lui and Chausson's Le Roi Arthus. For the first time opera lovers have available under a single cover a survey of a repertory profoundly influenced by the music of Richard Wagner.

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